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Download Festival now takes place every year at Donington Park in June.

It is the most popular British summer rock and heavy metal festival and has hosted some of the genres' biggest names, including Black Sabbath, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Kiss and Guns N' Roses.

Fans at Download 2017 (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)

Easily accessed via transportation links, Donington is the ideal place for a gargantuan music event.

It is placed next to East Midlands Airport - for all of the international festival-goers - and is also incredibly close to the M1.

Leicestershire is also in the perfect geographical location, with it only being a three hour drive to most places in England.

We've got a rich musical culture, with acts such as Kasabian and Engelbert Humperdinck coming from this county.

And we know how to throw a party, just think about how many people attended the Leicester City victory parade and Kasabian's gig in Victoria Park in 2014.

What is the Biggest Weekend?

The Biggest Weekend is a four-day event that will take place on the late May bank holiday weekend (25th-28th).

A massive 175,000 tickets will be made available across the four sites, which is more than the number sold for Glastonbury.

The BBC promises to bring "the biggest artists in the world" to the event – but headliners won't be announced for some time yet.

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Coverage of The Biggest Weekend will be “similar to that offered around Glastonbury” and broadcast live on four different radio stations and two television channels.

Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3 and 6 Music will all broadcast on the airwaves, while BBC2 and BBC4 will lead the TV coverage.

All the sets will also be available on BBC iPlayer.

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Bob Shennan, director of BBC radio and music, said: “The Corporation has a strong history of bringing the nation together for some special moments, and this is the biggest single music event ever attempted by the BBC.

"We will be celebrating the diversity of music from four different corners of the country, bringing the best UK music to the world and the best global music to the UK.”

Future Glastonbury plans

The Glastonbury Festival is not only to be rested next year but is also set to move a temporary new site 100 miles away "towards the Midlands" in 2019.

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis, founder of the Somerset festival, whose spiritual home is Worthy Farm in Pilton, told the BBC last December that he has found a new site to give his farm a rest in two years' time.